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France to Screen for Ebola at Its Airports

President Hollande Takes Measures After Discussions With Obama and Other Leaders

Employees work in an Ebola call center in Romainville, a Paris suburb, on Tuesday. President François Hollande on Wednesday said the country would screen passengers arriving at French Airports from areas stricken by the virus.
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PARIS—France will start screening passengers arriving at French airports from Ebola-stricken regions, as the deadly virus continues to spread across West Africa and has reached Europe and the U.S.

The office of President
François Hollande
on Wednesday announced the preventive measures, after Mr. Hollande held a video conference with U.S. President
Barack Obama
and leaders of the U.K., Italy, and Germany.

The five leaders also discussed the situation in Syria and Ukraine, the Élysée Palace said in a statement.